As the flames of the wood carvings rose up, under the light of the fire, I could vaguely see a figure struggling not far away, as if enduring the torment of the flames.
"Quick! This is the soul of the mountain god. Hit him with the blood of the Extreme Yang Finger."
Suddenly I heard a cry from behind me. I turned around and was startled to see that it was Peng Dehai who got up from the ground.
"dad!"
"uncle!"
Susu and I shouted at the same time.
"Leave me alone! Get rid of the mountain god first. Now he is being burned by the fire of the five thunders. It is the best time to kill him. If you miss it, you will not have such a good opportunity."
Peng Dehai shouted loudly: "Quick! Hit his shadow with the blood from your middle finger."
At this time, Peng Dehai bowed slightly and looked very weak.
Susu and I didn't think much and immediately turned around to deal with the mountain god.
I scratched my middle finger with my nail, looked at the shadow in the firelight, and shook out the blood from my finger.
Pointing to blood falling, the shadows behind the fire began to dance wildly, letting out bursts of shrill screams. Gradually, the shadows faded and the sounds became smaller and smaller until they completely disappeared. He was probably dead.
The wood carving in front of me continued to burn. After a while, the fire on my body consciously went out, leaving only a piece of pitch-black charcoal.
"Dad, are you okay?"
"uncle!"
Susu and I turned around at the same time and returned to Peng Dehai's side again.
At this time, Peng Dehai's face was pale. He touched his chest with his hand, forced out a smile and said, "It's okay, my body is strong! I won't die for a while."
Peng Susu could no longer bear the grief in her heart, so she fell into Peng Dehai's arms and cried incessantly.
Peng Dehai comforted him for a while, and then Peng Susu got up.
She wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes with some embarrassment and whispered to me: "Brother Qiao, you, you won't laugh at me!"
I smiled and said, "No!"
"That's good. Come on, let's go back now. I'm going to give you a bath to remove the corpse!" As she said this, the girl smiled at me.
Looking at the cute look on this girl's face, I felt very fond of her.
Peng Dehai saw us both laughing happily again, and a smile appeared on his face.
The three of us packed up the guys on the ground and turned around and headed home.
The black tiger followed behind and ran forward from time to time, wagging its tail happily along the way, as if it was rejoicing that its master could come back alive.
After returning to the house, Susu cooked a large bowl of noodles for her father, heated up some rice dumplings for me, and began to take care of us two grown men.
That night, I didn't go to bed until very late. Peng Dehai told us some things about his former Doosan God. When he talked about exciting things, he would make two gestures from time to time.
However, when he talked about the mountain god he met yesterday, he would shake his head suspiciously and sigh: "I didn't expect that the mountain god today would be so powerful. Fortunately, you found their lair tonight. To
Otherwise, I don’t know when I will be able to come back! It’s like I saved my life!”
Peng Dehai was smoking a cigarette and looked very depressed.
After I comforted him for a while, he smiled.
"Uncle, actually, this mountain god can't fight, so there's nothing to be ashamed of." I said.
"I'm not afraid of embarrassment. I'm just thinking about who will take care of Susu if this continues. After all, I'm old."
Peng Dehai took a long puff of cigarette and stared at me. Looking at that strange look in his eyes, I felt a little inexplicably flustered. I had already guessed what Peng Dehai meant.
I think Peng Dehai probably wants to recruit me as his son-in-law. It would be best for me to avoid such a serious question as much as possible.
"Uncle, let me go and rest first!" With that said, I walked towards the room intentionally.
"What's going on? Let Susu soak the corpse bath for you later." Peng Dehai said to me seriously: "You! In the next few days, just stay in this mountain for a few more days."
When you have nothing to do, you and Su Su often go out for a walk. The corpse poison in your body is attacking you now, so you need to exercise more."
It sounds like this is for me to remove the poison from the corpse, but I know best what this old man is thinking. Now all he has to do is pierce that layer of paper. Doesn’t he just want to recruit me as his son-in-law?
Peng Dehai had just returned to the Yangtze River and was still relatively weak. I couldn't say too strong words to avoid hurting his heart, so I had no choice but to follow his wishes. For some sensitive topics, I just tried to avoid them as much as possible.
There was nothing I could do, so under his arrangement that night, Susu gave me another corpse-removing bath with her face flushed.
It makes me feel embarrassed.
The next day, Peng Dehai recovered a lot and looked very energetic. He said that in the coming days, he would take me to practice together, and when he had nothing to do, he would ask Susu to accompany me into the mountains to collect herbs.
Susu is very happy to accompany me.
Gradually, I felt that something was wrong. This girl seemed to be interested in me. She started to dress up especially, and she looked in the mirror more times a day.
And she no longer wore school uniforms. She also specifically asked me to accompany her down the mountain and bought a few sets of clothes on purpose. She said this was her father's wish.
She said that her father said that when girls grow up, they should know how to dress up.
"Brother Qiao, do you like me in a skirt or in a school uniform?" Susu asked me suddenly.
"I think you look better in school uniform." I answered truthfully to Su Su. In fact, I think she looks good no matter what kind of clothes she wears, but I don't really hope that she will go there specially for me.
dress up.
"Then I'd better put on my school uniform tomorrow!" Susu replied with some disappointment.
"Actually, you look good no matter what you wear." I replied to Susu with a smile.
"Really? Brother Qiao, will you always stay here for me?" Susu asked me suddenly.
This girl's fiery gaze made me feel anxious. Thinking about how considerate this girl was when she carried me into the mountains, I really didn't want to say anything that would hurt her.
However, I never thought about staying here.
"I will leave here as soon as the corpse spirit is gone. I still have a lot of things to do! But don't worry, I will come to see you when I have time in the future." I replied to Susu with a smile.
"Oh!" Su Su replied, looking a little disappointed.
Ever since I said this, the smile on her face is no longer as much as before. From time to time, I will see her looking distracted.
In the following days, she continued to accompany me to the mountains to collect herbs every day as before, or took me to the town to buy groceries. However, her mind wandered more and more every day.
Before I knew it, the corpse qi in my body had almost gone away. Nearly half a month had passed.
The relationship between Susu and I seems to be closer than before. When we calm down every day, she will still be distracted as before.
I decided to stay for three more days and then left Peng Susu's home.
On this night, Peng Dehai found me and pushed Peng Susu away with a serious expression.
"Susu, please go out first. I have something I need to explain to Qiao Yang face to face."
"Hey!" Susu exited the room.
Peng Dehai closed the door, took out a cloth bag from under the table, pushed it in front of me, and said seriously: "This is yours. When Peng Waibo was alive, he gave me a sum of money.
It happened five years ago. He remitted 200,000 yuan to me. He said that if something happened to him one day, he hoped that I could bury his father's bones. This 200,000 yuan
Among the money, one hundred thousand was given to the person who sent the body, and the other one hundred thousand was given to me. Peng Waibo should have told you about this!"
"Yeah! I said it." I nodded.
"Take it, this money is yours." Peng Dehai handed the money to me.
I took the bag and took a look, and saw that there was far more than 100,000 yuan in it. I counted it with my quick eyes, and found a total of twenty stacks of 100-yuan bills. In other words, there were 200,000 yuan in this bag.
"Uncle, why do you have two hundred thousand? Peng Waibo only gave me one hundred thousand!" I said.
"The other one hundred thousand is what I gave you. I have already figured it out. Anyway, I am a cultivator, what do I need so much money for? After this incident of the mountain god asking for the soul, I finally figured it out. Human
It doesn't matter how much money you have, life is the most important thing. After settling down, I plan to find a pure temple or Taoist temple to become a monk and become a true practitioner."
"Uncle, this..." I wanted to say something, but I didn't know how to persuade him.
Peng Dehai smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with this. There is a saying that 'if one person becomes a monk, the nine ancestors will ascend to heaven'. If you become a monk in my generation, it will be easier for you in the future."
"We?" I was confused.
"Well... that's it." Peng Dehai took a puff of dry cigarette, smacked his lips and said, "I've already thought about it. I see that you and Su Su get along quite well, and I want to entrust Su Su to you.
"
"Uncle, I'm afraid I can't do this well because I'm a disciple of Xia Maoshan. I'm young now, traveling around the world and training myself is what I need to do most right now. I'm afraid I can't take care of Su Su.
I mistook her."
With that said, I returned all the 200,000 yuan to Peng Dehai and said with a smile: "Uncle, this money can be regarded as some labor fees I gave you! After all, you saved my life."
A little sadness flashed across Peng Dehai's face. He picked up the bag, counted 100,000 from it, put it away, and immediately returned the other 100,000 to me.
"This money is yours, and everything will be resolved as it is. If you want to leave, I won't keep you." At this point, he raised his face, gritted his teeth and said, "The corpse poison in your body has almost gone away.
. After going down the mountain, there will be no impact. If you exercise more, the body toxins can be completely eliminated in a month. In that case, find a time and I will take you down the mountain. Go to bed early!"
Peng Dehai's face was a bit ugly. Maybe my words did hurt him a bit.
"Uncle, I have decided to go down the mountain tomorrow." I replied.
Peng Dehai made some calculations with his fingers, nodded and said: "Okay! It's appropriate to travel tomorrow, so let's make it tomorrow! Put the money away first."
I put the money on the table into my cloth bag, turned around and walked towards the guest room. As soon as I went out, I met Peng Susu at the door.
The two looked at each other, and Peng Susu turned around and walked quickly towards her own room without saying a word.
The next day, after I had breakfast at Peng's house, Peng Dehai sent me down the mountain.
I saw that he had difficulty walking, so I asked him to go back.
Peng Susu chased him out, "Dad, let me see Brother Qiao off!"
Peng Dehai hesitated for a while, but finally agreed to send Su Su to me.
Along the way, the two of them were silent. I saw Peng Susu's eyes were red. She must have cried last night.
Seeing her haggard look, I felt an inexplicable sadness in my heart.
After walking for a while, I suddenly saw her stop.